monkeypox

Los Angeles County health officials said Friday they have confirmed local transmission of monkeypox, with some recently identified patients having no history of recent travel that might account for their infections and some attending large events that may have spread the illness.

WHO is convening an emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency, a decision that comes only after the disease spilled into the West

The first possible monkeypox case surfaced in Riverside County, but health officials today were trying to determine if it’s authentic, noting that there is no public health threat.

The Biden administration has started shipping monkeypox tests to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnoses for suspected infections for the virus that has already infected at least 142 people in the U.S.

The CDC has confirmed 100 monkeypox cases in 20 states and the District of Columbia in the last month, making it the country’s largest monkeypox outbreak ever.

The World Health Organization announced an urgent move to rename the virus after a group of scientists argued that it is “inaccurate” and “stigmatizing.”

Los Angeles County health officials on Friday announced two more presumed cases of monkeypox, bringing the local total to four.

The second presumptive case of monkeypox in Los Angeles County was reported Wednesday by the county’s health department a week after the first case was reported.

Bavarian Nordic also holds 1 million U.S.-owned doses and can fill another 16.4 million shots upon request by the federal government.

The first “probable” monkeypox case was detected in San Francisco, health officials said Friday.

The first presumptive case of monkeypox in Los Angeles County was reported Thursday by the county’s health department.

Monkeypox is not classified as a sexually transmitted disease

Monkeypox doesn’t spread as easily as COVID; it’s much more easier to identify close contacts and vaccinate them

Symptoms take 7-14 days to show, but can take up to 21 days to show

We already have vaccines and treatments approved for monkeypox

The CDC is tracking monkeypox cases in seven states: California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Utah, Virginia and Washington.

A likely case of monkeypox is being investigated by public health officials in Sacramento County.

An outbreak of the monkeypox virus in North America and Europe is primarily spreading through sex among men with about 200 confirmed and suspected cases.

Smallpox is officially eradicated from the planet, but reserves of the smallpox vaccine could still be useful against a newly emerged disease: monkeypox. UCLA epidemiologist Dr. Anne Rimoin joins LX News and explains how the smallpox vaccine can be used to prevent transmission of monkeypox.

President Joe Biden says cases of monkeypox are “something that everybody should be concerned about.” The president made his first public comments on the disease after being asked about it during his visit to South Korea. He said there’s work underway to identify an effective vaccine. And he added that if the disease were to spread “it would be consequential.”...